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A person is viewing an extended object. If a converging lens is placed in front of his eyes, will he feel that the size has increased?

Converging lens ray diagram is shown below



The rays coming form an object converges at a point and hence, the image will appear larger and wider when viewed


So, if a person uses converging lens to view an extended object, the image formed on the retina will be larger and wider in nature.


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A magnifying glass is a converging lens placed close to the eye. A farsighted person uses

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A magnifying power of a converging lens used as a simple microscope is . A compound microscope is a combination of two such converging lenses. Why don’t we have magnifying power ? In other words, why can the objective not be treated as a simple microscope but the eyepiece can?

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By mistake, an eye surgeon puts a concave lens in place of the lens in the eye after a cataract operation. Will the patient be able to see clearly any object placed at any distance?